Metallic tasting tastebuds during chemo

[Rico]

A relative is going through chemo and his tastebuds are all metallicy.

Anyone recommend what foods are good in this scenario?

Spicy food etc just tastes horrible to him.

Cheers

[drivin_me_nuts]

TBO a plain balanced diet will be the easist. Simple foods including grains and pulses.

(Perhaps they can take some comfort from the fact that they are not alone in this respect - food often tastes horrible through chemo).

It's important to eat and it's important to make sure that no matter how unplalatble food might be, that they eat sufficient calories and have sufficient protein in their diet. Chemo weakens the immune system and damages cells. You want to give the healthy cells the best chance possible to recover and in the shortest possible time.

[Mrs Muttleysnoop]

Get your relative the Jason Vale juicing book called The Juice Master, turbo-charge your life in 14 days. I have a posted before on here having been diagnosed with advanced Ovarian cancer with a VERY poor prognosis I drank 2 litres of his Green Power Smoothie.

The metallic taste is sadly a well known problem during chemo.


Good luck to your relative.

[Rico]

Thanks for the advice and well wishing

Luckily he's an ex rugby player and very fit and strong prior to all this, so it's going well so far. Just goes to show how even the fittest can be knocked down by it.

I did some more research today and apparently having mouthwash or an ice lolly prior to meals is good as a way to make food more enjoyable.

Edited by Rico on Saturday 7th November 23:59

[Broomsticklady]

I found pineapple juice helped a bit, and of all odd things plain simple milk. Tho 6 weeks after chemo has finished, I still have taste problems, and my hair's not growing back either!